Enrollment Trends at OU-Milwaukee

The student population at Ottawa University-Milwaukee is 116 (41 undergraduate and 75 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 92 (44.23%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at OU-Milwaukee is 35.34% which is decreased by 117 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 25 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 43 male students for every 100 female students, up from 37 in 2015.
54 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -53.04% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 181 where 116 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 237 students in 2021 and was lowest at 116 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 208 to 116 students, a net loss of 92 (44.2%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Ottawa University-Milwaukee since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	208	158	41	117	50	15	35
2016-17	198 -10	160 2	36 -5	124 7	38 -12	9 -6	29 -6
2017-18	206 8	166 6	35 -1	131 7	40 2	9	31 2
2018-19	194 -12	153 -13	30 -5	123 -8	41 1	9	32 1
2019-20	236 42	132 -21	27 -3	105 -18	104 63	39 30	65 33
2020-21	237 1	105 -27	25 -2	80 -25	132 28	49 10	83 18
2021-22	172 -65	89 -16	19 -6	70 -10	83 -49	34 -15	49 -34
2022-23	124 -48	63 -26	7 -12	56 -14	61 -22	21 -13	40 -9
2023-24	116 -8	60 -3	11 4	49 -7	56 -5	19 -2	37 -3
2024-25	116	41 -19	7 -4	34 -15	75 19	28 9	47 10
Average	181	113	24	89	68	23	45

Ottawa University-Milwaukee Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 113 where 41 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Ottawa University-Milwaukee since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	158	0	0	0	158	41	117
2016-17	160	0	0	0	160	36	124
2017-18	166	84	19	65	82	16	66
2018-19	153	65	16	49	88	14	74
2019-20	132	36	13	23	96	14	82
2020-21	105	26	3	23	79	22	57
2021-22	89	32	8	24	57	11	46
2022-23	63	12	1	11	51	6	45
2023-24	60	17	5	12	43	6	37
2024-25	41	8	3	5	33	4	29
Average	113	113	7	21	113	17	68

Ottawa University-Milwaukee Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 68 where 75 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Ottawa University-Milwaukee since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	50	0	0	0	50	15	35
2016-17	38	0	0	0	38	9	29
2017-18	40	6	2	4	34	7	27
2018-19	41	1	1	0	40	8	32
2019-20	104	9	0	9	95	39	56
2020-21	132	11	1	10	121	48	73
2021-22	83	58	27	31	25	7	18
2022-23	61	36	13	23	25	8	17
2023-24	56	37	11	26	19	8	11
2024-25	75	57	24	33	18	4	14
Average	68	68	8	14	68	15	31

Ottawa University-Milwaukee Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 33.62% and the percentage of black students is 12.93% at Ottawa University-Milwaukee. 32.76% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 10.34% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 51.44% to 33.62%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.88% to 32.76%. Black student enrollment decreased from 19.23% to 12.93%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.00% to 10.34%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7521 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6974 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Ottawa University-Milwaukee over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	1	6	40	0	0	107	2
2016-17	1	2	26	0	0	135	1
2017-18	5	5	35	12	0	128	3
2018-19	4	11	28	18	0	121	4
2019-20	2	66	29	15	0	112	4
2020-21	43	45	20	13	0	99	1
2021-22	1	41	15	11	1	85	1
2022-23	2	26	10	8	0	69	5
2023-24	2	27	11	8	0	57	3
2024-25	1	38	15	12	0	39	1
Average	6	27	23	10	0	95	3

Ottawa University-Milwaukee Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

54 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 47% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -53.04% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Ottawa University-Milwaukee from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	208	115	35	58
2016-17	198	178	8	12
2017-18	206	184	13	9
2018-19	194	173	21	0
2019-20	236	202	34	0
2020-21	237	216	21	0
2021-22	172	146	24	2
2022-23	124	78	38	8
2023-24	116	69	46	1
2024-25	116	54	56	6
Average	181	142	30	10

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Enrollment Trends at OU-Milwaukee

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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